Former minister and Kapu leader Mudragada Padmanabham, on Friday wrote yet another open letter to Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan. He made it clear that he would be contesting the next general election in 2024.

He said that both Pawan Kalyan and the Jana Sena leaders have made him take a call on contesting the election. He said he was of two minds on contesting the election until Pawan Kalyan criticized him during his tour in Godavari districts.

In his strongly worded open letter, Mudragada blamed Pawan Kalyan and the Jana Sena leaders for criticizing him in the public meetings. He wanted to know if Pawan Kalyan had any evidence to prove that he had exploited the Kapus or had amassed wealth in the name of the Kapu movement.

Mudragada wanted to know if Pawan Kalyan had ever visited the Kapus in jail after Vangaveeti Ranga’s murder in 1988. He also wanted to know if the Jana Sena chief had ever met the family members of those who were jailed or killed for being with Vangaveeti Ranga.

He also posed a question asking him whether he is aware of the police cases filed against hundreds of Kapus in 1993-94 and had ever represented to the government to withdraw the cases.

Mudragada referred to the 2016 public meeting of the Kapus in Tuni and wanted to know whether the Jana Sena chief had ever visited any of those Kapus or their families or even ever tried to get the cases withdrawn by the government.

He also wanted to know whether Pawan Kalyan had visited any of the Kapu family members who were arrested during the recent struggle over naming of Konaseema district as Dr B R Ambedkar Konaseema district. The former minister wondered where the Jana Sena chief was when the Kapu youth were facing police cases or being victimized in different forms for the community.